Record Number: 5065
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Susan Schibanoff, "Taking the Gold out of Egypt: The Art of Reading as a Woman": "In 1473, Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, came across a French version of the Liber Philosophorum Moralium Antiquorum and decided to translate it into English for the edification of his royal charge, the Prince of Wales. When he completed his edited version, entitled The Dictes and Sayengs of the Philosophers, Rivers asked ... William Caxton for a a professional opinion of his work."
Century:1450-1499
Date:1473
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Liber Philosophorum Moralium Antiquorum
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication DetailsIn French translation
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5065
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Editor:Elizabeth A. and Patrocinio P. Flynn and Schweickart
Title:Gender and Reading: Essays on Readers, Texts, and Contexts
Place of Publication:Baltimore
Date of Publication:1992
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Page:83
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Citation:
Elizabeth A. and Patrocinio P. Flynn and Schweickart (ed.), Gender and Reading: Essays on Readers, Texts, and Contexts, (Baltimore, 1992), p. 83, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5065, accessed: 27 September 2024
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